Young Bess
5.81953112 min
DramaHistoryRomance
"A Great and Spectacular Drama!"
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
Top Cast
Jean Simmons as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I),Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour,Deborah Kerr as Catherine Parr,Charles Laughton as King Henry VIII,Kay Walsh as Mrs. Ashley,Guy Rolfe as Ned Seymour,Kathleen Byron as Ann Seymour,Cecil Kellaway as Mr. Parry
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Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer